¹If thou dost turn back, O Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, unto Me turn back, And if thou dost turn aside Thine abominations from My face, Then thou dost not bemoan.

¹Raha hiverina ianao, ry Isiraely, hoy Jehovah, dia ho amiko no hiverenanao, ary raha hanaisotra ny fahavetavetanao tsy ho eo imasoko ianao, dia tsy hivezivezy foana,

²And thou hast sworn — Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed themselves in Him have nations, And in Him they boast themselves.

²Fa hianiana amin'ny hitsiny sy ny rariny ary ny fahamarinana hoe: Raha velona koa Jehovah, dia Izy no holazain'ny firenena ho fahasambarany, ary Izy no ho reharehany.

³For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.

³[Ny hanjo ny Joda sy Jerosalema, raha tsy mibebaka izy] Fa izao no lazain'i Jehovah amin'ny Joda sy Jerosalema: Hevoy ny tombamborakareo, fa aza mamafy amin'ny tsilo. [Na: Miasà tany vaovao ho anareo]

⁴Be circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury go out as fire, and hath burned, And there is none quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.

⁴Miforà ho an'i Jehovah ianareo, eny, forao ny fonareo, ry Joda sy ry mponina any Jerosalema! Fandrao hiseho toy ny afo ny fahatezerako noho ny faharatsian'ny ataonareo ka hirehitra, sady tsy hisy hamono azy.

⁵Declare in Judah, and in Jerusalem sound, And say ye, `Blow a trumpet in the land,` Call ye fully, and say ye: `Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced city.`

⁵Ambaraonareo ao amin'ny Joda, ary torio ao Jerosalema, ka ataovy hoe: Tsofy ao amin'ny tany ny anjomara; Miantsoantsoa mafy, ka ataovy hoe: Mivoria ianareo, ka andeha isika hiditra amin'ny tanàna mimanda.

⁶Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction.

⁶Manangàna faneva manandrify an'i Ziona; Mandosira faingana, aza mijanona; Fa Izaho hahatonga loza sy fandringanana be avy any avaratra.

⁷Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth from his place To make thy land become a desolation, Thy cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.

⁷Misy liona miakatra avy any anaty kirihitrala, ary ilay mpanimba ny firenena dia efa miainga, efa mivoaka avy amin'ny fitoerany hahafoana ny taninao, ary hahalao ny tanànanao, ka tsy hisy mponina.

⁸For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.

⁸Ary noho izany dia misikìna lamba fisaonana ianareo, ka mitomania sy midradradradrà; Fa ny firehetan'ny fahatezeran'i Jehovah tsy afaka amintsika.[Heb; lamba malailay]

⁹And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah: `Perish doth the heart of the king, And the heart of the princes, And astonished have been the priests, And the prophets do wonder.`

⁹Ary amin'izany andro izany, hoy Jehovah, dia ho very hevitra ny mpanjaka sy ny lehibe, ary ho kepoka ny mpisorona, sy ho gaga ny mpaminany.

¹⁰And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Surely thou hast entirely forgotten this people and Jerusalem, saying, Peace is for you, And struck hath a sword unto the soul!`

¹⁰Dia hoy izaho: Indrisy, Jehovah Tompo ô! Efa nofitahinao tokoa ity firenena ity sy Jerosalema tamin'ny nanaovanao hoe: Hisy fiadanana ho anareo; Kanjo mihatra amin'ny aina ny sabatra.

¹¹At that time it is said of this people, And of Jerusalem: `A dry wind of high places in the wilderness,` The way of the daughter of My people, (Not for winnowing, nor for cleansing,)

¹¹Amin'izany andro izany dia holazaina amin'ity firenena ity sy Jerosalema hoe: Hisy rivo-mahamay avy any an-tendrombohitra mangadihady any an-efitra hankamin'ny oloko zanakavavy, kanefa tsy hikororohana na hanadiovana.[Na: Ny lalàn'ny oloko zanakavavy dia rivotra mahamay, etc]

¹²A full wind from these doth come for Me, Now, also, I speak judgments with them.

¹²Dia ho tonga avy amiko izay rivotra mahery noho ireny; Ary ankehitriny Izaho kosa hifandahatra aminy.[Na: Dia ho tonga etỳ amiko ny rivotra mahery izay avy amin'ireny]

¹³Lo, as clouds he cometh up, And as a hurricane his chariots, Lighter than eagles have been his horses, Wo to us, for we have been spoiled.

¹³Indro, avy toy ny rahona izy, Ary tahaka ny tadio ny kalesiny, faingana noho ny voromahery ny soavaliny; Lozantsika! fa lany ringana isika.

¹⁴Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?

¹⁴Ry Jerosalema, sasao ny fonao ho afaka amin'ny ratsy, mba hovonjena ianao! Mandra-pahoviana no hitoeran'ny hevi-dratsinao ao am-ponao?

¹⁵For a voice is declaring from Dan, And sounding sorrow from mount Ephraim.

¹⁵Fa injany! misy feo manambara avy any Dana sy filazam-pahoriana avy amin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima,

¹⁶Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: `Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice.

¹⁶Lazaonareo amin'ny firenena, torio amin'i Jerosalema hoe: Misy mpanao fahirano avy any an-tany lavitra ka manakora hamely ny tanànan'ny Joda.

¹⁷As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.`

¹⁷Manodidina azy ireo toy ny fanaon'ny mpiandry saha, fa efa niodina tamiko izy, hoy Jehovah.

¹⁸Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This [is] thy vexation, for [it is] bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart.

¹⁸Ny alehanao sy ny asanao no nahatonga izany taminao; Izany no faharatsianao, eny, mangidy izany sady mihatra amin'ny ainao.

¹⁹My bowels, my bowels! I am pained [at] the walls of my heart, Make a noise for me doth My heart, I am not silent, For the voice of a trumpet I have heard, O my soul — a shout of battle!

¹⁹Endrey ny kiboko! Endrey izany kiboko! Manaintaina aho; Endrey! mila ho triatra izany ny foko! Mitoloko ny foko, ka tsy mahay mangina aho; Fa ny feon'anjomara sy ny akoran'ady dia renao, ry fanahiko.[Heb. Endrey ny rindrin'ny foko!]

²⁰Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment — my curtains.

²⁰Fandravana mifanontona no ambara, rava ny tany rehetra; Rava tampoka ny laiko, eny, rava indray mipi-maso monja ny ambain-daiko.

²¹Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?

²¹Mandra-pahoviana re no mbola hijereko ny faneva sy handrenesako ny feon'anjomara?

²²For my people [are] foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons [are] they, yea, they [are] not intelligent, Wise [are] they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

²²Fa adala ny oloko, Izaho tsy mba fantany; Zaza tsy misy saina izy sady tsy manam-pahalalana; Raha ny hanao ratsy, dia hendry izy; Fa ny hanao soa kosa tsy fantany.

²³I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

²³Nojereko ny tany, ka, indro, tsy nisy endrika izy sady foana, ary ny lanitra koa, ka, indro, tsy nanam-pahazavana izy;

²⁴I have looked [to] the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly.

²⁴Nojereko ny tendrombohitra, ka, indro, nihorohoro izy, ary ny havoana rehetra nihozongozona;

²⁵I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.

²⁵Nojereko, ka, indro, tsy nisy olona, ary ny voro-manidina rehetra efa nandositra;

²⁶I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place [is] a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger.

²⁶Nojereko, ka, indro, ny saha mahavokatra aza efa tonga efitra, ary ny tanànany rehetra dia rava teo anatrehan'i Jehovah, dia teo anoloan'ny firehetan'ny fahatezerany.[Na: karmela]

²⁷For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not.

²⁷Fa izao no lazain'i Jehovah: Ho lao ny tany rehetra, nefa tsy dia holevoniko avokoa izy.

²⁸For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken — I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it.

²⁸Noho izany dia hisaona ny tany, ary ho tonga mainty ny lanitra ambony, satria efa niteny izany Aho, sady efa nikasa izany ka tsy hanenina na hanatsoaka izany.

²⁹From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them.

²⁹Noho ny fihorakoraky ny mpitaingin-tsoavaly sy ny mpandefa tsipìka dia efa mandositra avokoa ny tanàna rehetra; Mitsofoka any anatin'ny kirihitrala sy mananika ny vatolampy izy; Lao avokoa ny tanàna rehetra, ka tsy misy mponina intsony ao.[Heb. rahona]

³⁰And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself [with] ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.

³⁰Ary hanao ahoana ianao, ry ilay rava? Na dia miakanjo jaky aza ianao, na dia miravaka volamena aza ianao, na dia hosoranao loko mainty aza ny masonao, foana ny itadiavanao hahatsara tarehy anao; Hanifika anao ireo lehilahy tia anao, ka ny ainao aza no hotadiaviny.Fa efa nandre feo Aho tahaka ny vehivavy raha miteraka sy fidridridridriana tahaka ny vehivavy izay vao miteraka ny matoany, dia ny feon'i Ziona zanakavavy, izay misefosefo sady mamelatra ny tànany ka manao hoe: Lozako! Fa reraka ny aiko azon'ireo mpamono olona.

³¹For a voice as of a sick woman I have heard, Distress, as of one bringing forth a first-born, The voice of the daughter of Zion, She bewaileth herself, she spreadeth out her hands, `Wo to me now, for weary is my soul of slayers!`

³¹Fa efa nandre feo Aho tahaka ny vehivavy raha miteraka sy fidridridridriana tahaka ny vehivavy izay vao miteraka ny matoany, dia ny feon'i Ziona zanakavavy, izay misefosefo sady mamelatra ny tànany ka manao hoe: Lozako! Fa reraka ny aiko azon'ireo mpamono olona.